Furthermore, NCS in the interpersonal domain was related to depressive symptoms in boys and girls, except in early adolescent girls reporting few stressors, thus
supporting a cognitive vulnerability - stress model in early adolescent girls.
The relationship between NCS and depressive symptoms approached level of significance in middle to late adolescent boys, but only in the presence of many stressors,
supporting a cognitive vulnerability - stress model in middle to late adolescent boys.
The current study extended past research by examining the effects of two theoretically and empirically
supported cognitive vulnerabilities to depression (negative cognitive style and rumination) as predictors of dependent interpersonal and achievement events, independent events, and relational peer victimization.
Not exact matches
The findings
support a transactional model with reciprocal relationships among stress, depressive symptoms, and
cognitive vulnerabilities.
Past research examining the relationship between
cognitive vulnerability to depressive symptoms in adolescent samples have found strong
support for a wide range of factors including attributional style (e.g., Abela and Hankin 2008), dysfunctional attitudes (e.g., Lewinsohn et al. 2001), and rumination (Abela et al. 2007).